The man is seen boarding the flight, after exchanging several objects with the hazmat crew

At this point..I agree this looks bad..is this a hoax crisis?Can they be this stupid? while 30 african countries have banned flights we maintain ours and add hundreds of national guardsmen to the already 4k troops?

We must trust our leaders..sometimes things are not all exactly the way they appear..we are ufologists..we experience this time and time again.

That being said I will have to take issue with the usually correct UCB majority membership here and play devils advocate and give credit where credit is due..

and its time we gave due recognition to these CDC people and their fearlessness . The clipboard is perhaps one of the most under rated devices for this type of work. Its used now in africa and the Caribbean to ward off and many cases knock out attacking bats in mid flight as well as hanging monkeys looking to pounce on their next victim. Remember The Man in Yellow ..he does not enter any jungle without one and its how he lured Curious George with a banana in one hand and clipoard in the other. All it took was one masterful strike, and the rest is history.However, It may take several blows for Infected humans getting too close. But a hazmat team equipped with them can beat back an entire mob.

They can be thrown like those ninja stars and embed themselves in a skull from 10 ft or more..They make ideal supplements to body armor

•Level II Body armor clipboard (can stop up to a 9mm).

Clipboards can be used to fan away sneezes and bloody particulate producing coughs..and provide cooling that Hazmat suits, which dont have Amana or Fedders air conditioners pack attached.. Note how calm and cool our Hero is..this is an exceptional man..working under excepetional circumstances, for an exceptional agency representing an exceptional country..he should be lauded and high fived at every turn.

They are ideal for fanning oneself when electric power is unavailable, as pointing devices for those that cant speak swahilli..

I just can't say enough how indispensable they are in any crisis..managed , staged, or not..

Its the most cost effective solution next to soap, clorox, formaldahyde and petroleum jelly we have..I find it odd we have not equipped every single team member with one..The talking heads have their teleprompters..

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(Reuters) - President Barack Obama appointed an Ebola czar for the United States on Friday, and the government said a Texas health worker who may have had contact with specimens from an Ebola patient was isolated on a cruise ship.

Obama, who has faced sharp criticism from some lawmakers over efforts to contain the deadly virus, appointed Ron Klain, a lawyer who previously served as chief of staff to Vice Presidents Joe Biden and Al Gore, the White House said.

The cruise ship incident added to growing concerns about the possible spread of Ebola after two nurses who cared for Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, contracted the virus, which has killed nearly 4,500 people, mostly in West Africa.

The worst hit countries have been Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, and the World Food Program said on Friday that food prices in those countries has risen by an average of 24 percent, forcing some families to reduce their intake to one meal a day.

The Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital worker aboard the cruise ship, who did not have direct contact with the now-deceased Liberian patient but could have processed his bodily fluids, left Sunday on a cruise from Galveston, Texas, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement.

The health worker has been self-monitoring since Oct. 6 and has not developed a fever or other symptoms of Ebola, the State Department said.

Carnival Cruise Lines said Friday it had been notified by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that a passenger on the Carnival Magic was a lab supervisor at Texas Health Presbyterian. It said she was deemed to be "very low risk."

The ship can carry 3,690 passengers and 1,367 crew, according to the company's website. Carnival is owned by Carnival Corp.

The State Department said the worker may have processed samples from Duncan 19 days ago. The maximum incubation window for the disease is 21 days, according to the CDC.

The worker and a companion voluntarily isolated themselves in their cabin.

"We are working with the cruise line to safely bring them back to the United States out of an abundance of caution," Psaki said in the statement.

The government of Belize said in a statement that it had denied a request by U.S. officials to use a Belizean airport to transport a cruise ship passenger who was considered very low risk for Ebola.

"The passenger never set foot in Belize," the statement said. "When even the smallest doubt remains, we will ensure the health and safety of the Belizean people."

TRAVEL BAN?

U.S. lawmakers held a congressional hearing about the administration's handling of the Ebola outbreak in the United States, and some called for a ban on travel from West Africa, as other politicians have in recent weeks

Obama said he had no philosophical objection to a travel ban but that some travelers might attempt to enter the United States by avoiding screening measures, which could lead to more Ebola cases, not fewer.

On Thursday, he authorized calling up military reservists for the U.S. fight against Ebola in West Africa.

U.S. Federal Aviation Administration chief Michael Huerta told reporters separately that the government was assessing whether to issue a travel ban "on a day-to-day basis."

In a sign the disease can be beaten, the World Health Organization said on Friday that the West African country of Senegal was now Ebola-free, although the country was still vulnerable to further cases.

(Additional reporting by Doina Chiacu, Mohammad Zargham, Steve Holland and Jeff Mason in Washington, Jonathan Kaminsky in New Orleans and Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Writing by Jim Loney; Editing by Bernadette Baum and Jonathan Oatis)

WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday turned to a trusted adviser to lead the nation’s Ebola response as efforts to clamp down on any possible route of infection from three Texas cases expanded, reaching a cruise ship at sea and multiple airline flights.Facing renewed criticism of his handling of the Ebola risk, Obama will make Ron Klain, a former chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden, his point man on fighting Ebola at home and in West Africa. Klain will report to national security adviser Susan Rice and to homeland security adviser Lisa Monaco, the White House said.Klain does not have a medical or a health care background.Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., slammed the decision on Twitter.“Worst ebola epidemic in world history and Pres. Obama puts a government bureaucrat with no healthcare experience in charge. Is he serious?” Harris tweeted.

counterpointDarwinist • an hour ago...He has a lot of health care experience. He was a lobbyist for the health care conglomerate Cigna, a provider of Obamacare.

...was the mastermind behind the failed attempt to steal the election from Bush. Klain is a political attack dog. That's his role as Obama moves forward with his overthrow of the US government.

...managed the solyndra fraud & laundering machine. he also was involved in promoting mortgage-backed securities for Fannie Mae. it sounds like sarcasm, but it ain't.